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I don't know if there's a single feederism capital really.

But, I must give a shout out to DFW/Dallas, TX.

Yes, the summers can be hot but that does mean the shorts and short dresses come out. Even if you're fat, there's no shame I really picked up on, at least when it comes to weight and size. If you're fat and prefer fat women, it's pretty nice, I think.

Pros:

- It's a large metro area, 4th largest in the U.S.
- A quarter of the state's population will be within a 1 hour drive of you.
- Because it's large, just about anything you can think of, will be there, unless it's a bit more agricultural related.
- A lot of the local culture does seem to revolve around food, in particular barbeque, beef, and fried chicken.
- So many good restaurants and most aren't even that expensive, though of course some will be. This includes proper decent Tex-Mex.
- Most folks seem friendly to a fault.
- It's not perfect by any means but it has a lot going for it. Lot of Fortune 500s have offices there.
- Anytime you go inside somewhere, they will blast the A/C so don't worry about baking in the summer. If a business or office doesn't do that, they will lose out to someone else who does.

Cons:

- It's not the cheapest in general but by the standards of large metro areas it's still pretty cheap. That said, if you're low income you will likely have a much harder time. Your profile suggests you are a chef - if you're good at what you do I imagine you should be able to find something that pays decently. And weirdly perhaps, it may be cheaper than most of Montana these days.
- It rarely snows, but if and when it does, everything shuts down. If you enjoy winter activities, you might not have a good time.
- There seems to be a slightly higher likelihood to run into men with an overgrown frat-boy mindset, but DFW hardly has a monopoly on this, and most men are not like this.
- There's a higher likelihood you might run into women who want it "both ways" with modern and old-fashioned, which is contradictory. Don't want to cook or do housework and be a "girl boss" yet expect the man to pay for dates. However, the vast majority will not be like this.
- Some suburbs are filled with nouveau-riche snobs but it's easy to avoid that if you want. On the other hand they might be more likely to pay for expensive restaurant food which is good for you.
- Public transit is a joke, you'll need a car. But the OP is in Montana so that's probably not a problem.
- It does of course have the same problems any larger city is going to have, but as long as you're smart, observant, maybe a little cautious without being afraid, and avoid certain areas, you should be fine.

Overall, if you have a solid plan and a decent way to make money, overall I think I'd recommend it. I might recommend booking at an extended stay hotel by the week at first. It looks expensive until you realize it includes free electric and water. When you secure employment, then start looking at apartments, or a house if you can swing it.

One thing to warn about - I don't know if Montana has privatized electric, but Texas does. Avoid the fancy marketing, the billing gimmicks, etc. Select a retail electric provider that offers the longest terms possible, 3-5 years and then stick only to ones that offer flat rates of a fixed number of cents per kilowatt hour, regardless of the time of day or year. This is essential. The A/C will come on in March and it's staying on until the end of November.

I know this has been a serious problem especially in the UK, where some have told me A/C isn't common there.

A horrifying thought really - A/C is virtually ubiquitous in the U.S. aside from Alaska and some coastal areas in the Pacific Northwest. It's to the point apartments won't rent if it's not available, and houses without it will have a substantially depressed sale price.

However, A/C can fail sometimes so perhaps some of these ideas can help.

But, if I may offer a suggestion - portable or window A/C units, if budget allows. They're often only really powerful enough to cover a single room, but they make a huge difference.

For a few hundred dollars, euros, or GBP it can make a huge difference.

I even bought one because at the time, the central A/C failed, and because of poor communication from the landlord, I had no idea when it was coming back, and it was starting to get uncomfortably warm, and I knew it was only going to get hotter. Little did I know they would finally fix it after 2 more weeks, but it had been 3 weeks, and I had no idea how much longer it would be. I kept it because afterward, you never know.

If you choose to go this route, keep the following things in mind.

Those boxy window units are generally more efficient. However, they can often require a 220-240V power outlet, which at least in the U.S., most outlets are 110-120V. So make sure the unit uses 120V, or a 240V outlet is available (also often used for an electric dryer or stoves). You could pay an electrician to install a 240V outlet and circuit, but that can get costly fast.

Also, if you rent, sometimes the landlord may have rules against boxy window A/C units because they're supposedly ugly or unsightly. Doesn't bother me - seems like snobbery Karen stuff. Sucks, but it is what it is.

However, you still have a solution.

Those portable A/C units with wheels. They often aren't as efficient as the boxy window units or central A/C, but are still effective. They aren't as easy as just plug it in and go, but almost. The hot air has to be exhausted somewhere. Generally, they come with 1 or 2 duct tubes that you direct toward the nearest window. These units usually also come with window inserts so it will fit without leaving a big gap. Even better, at least in the U.S., most of these units are powered by standard 120V power outlets.

Either solution you use, there's one more thing you need to consider. Look at the power consumption. For example, my portable A/C unit will consume about 1,000 watts when the A/C compressor is running. That's around 8 amps on 120V, and 4-5 amps on 240V.

The typical circuit in a typical home will have a 15-20 amp fuse or circuit breaker on a 120V circuit, or perhaps a 10 amp fuse or breaker on a 240V circuit. If you aren't careful, if too many things are plugged in and running, the breaker will trip, which is very annoying.

If you have to, run an extension cord from an outlet on another circuit. It may sound annoying, but it's much better than dealing with a breaker that constantly trips. And it's bad for the A/C compressor if you don't run it for at least 5 minutes once it's started. Make sure the extension cord is rated for enough amps.

But if you keep in mind everything I said, this can help, a LOT.

I must note there's no official group for FF on WhatsApp. If there is any such thing, the staff here have no control over it.

Also, I think this is in the wrong place so I'm moving it to Chat/Roleplay.

According to rule #3, the short answer is no. No one else knows what happened or what the context is.

That said, scamming is something we take seriously. Please report them.

The more information the better. But even if you don't, that's fine - report anyway. Sometimes a scammer has other red flags and will get banned anyway.

Network protocols, basically. They weren't exclusive to America, either.

It would have been a very dark time. In short, likely through sheer dumb luck and overcoming abject fear. But for the most part, I think that maybe they just didn't?

I don't know if I'm fully qualified to answer, since I was a kid during the rise of the World Wide Web, which is about the time when "the Internet" really reached mainstream status.

In the 80s and early 90s, Usenet groups existed that operated over the Internet. There also would have been BBSes (bulletin board systems) that relied entirely on dial-up.

However, there would have been a rather substantial technical learning curve, so the average person would not have used it. Keep in mind, this was also when the average household didn't even have a computer, and the cost to obtain one would have been substantial - it would have been a tough sell to a lot of people.

Usenet would have had worldwide reach, but the userbase would have been small in relative terms. However, I'm sure there would have been a lot of "adult oriented" groups on it.

Most BBSes were accessed via dial-up. A lot, perhaps most of them were just run by some local who left one of his computers running 24/7 and he signed up for multiple phone lines. The phone number to the BBS was likely posted on a physical, literal bulletin board at the local library, community center, or coffee shop. Because of long distance charges, the vast majority of BBSes would have consisted of local users, which meant people you might run into the grocery store or see in person.

This is perhaps too much background information, but it was probably not likely many such connections were formed.

But what about methods that didn't require fancy electronics?

Before there was Dimensions Magazine, there was apparently something called BUF magazine. It was largely pornographic, available only in adult boutique shops. I've never read it, but some of the covers suggested there were articles that might have covered certain relevant topics. There might have also been some other such magazines. But I think BUF ceased publication sometime in the early 90s?

I can't know for sure, but it's conceivable they could have run a dating service through the magazine, similar to the way newspapers in larger cities did. It would not have been cheap, and it would have been slow. You'd mail letters in, and the service would then forward it to the other person.

There's also the question of how many female readers they might have had; probably not many due to the nature of the material.

If you lived in a small town, this was likely your only option, short of incredible luck.

How about in person? Was that possible?

Maybe if you lived in a large city, went to just the right night club, and then got really, really lucky with meeting the right person?

The NAAFA was founded in '69, and would have had conventions. Perhaps it was occasionally possible for connections to form that way.

There are still occasionally "BBW bash" events but I have no information on how they would have been organized prior to the Web, or even how frequent they might have been.

But in short, I think it was maybe, more often than not, just through sheer dumb luck.

You might still think it's a big challenge now, and it is. It often feels like everyone is too far away, even in the largest cities. But it's a hell of a lot better now than it would have been back then.

It probably also helps a lot that people in general are much heavier now than they were in the 80s or before.

I suppose you could get one on say, the lower gut that's precisely 6 inches long/wide, then measure how long it is every now and again!

Because of reasons, there's a chance I may have to get another car. And even if not now, it may have to happen eventually.

Also because of reasons, most likely I will want to get a compact car - such as the Nissan Versa.

Now, I have had experience driving around a Toyota Yaris, which is similar in size and believe it or not, is remarkably comfortable. I think I can also feel there may be room for a bigger butt. I do have to finagle a little bit to engage the seat belt, but come to think of it I probably always had to do that.

However, I weigh in at around 208 lbs. But I also plan and expect to get heavier.

I really can't imagine ever being over 320ish and I doubt I'd be more than 300ish.

At 320, the Body Visualizer estimates I would have 11 more inches on the waistline, which I feel like should be able to fit okay. Of course, the Visualizer is not perfect and everyone is a little different.

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I guess what I wonder is, is if I might partly regret a smaller car if I do reach 300-350ish eventually.

I did read that other recent thread about newer kei-trucks and the mention of Japan's horrifying "Metabo Law" but I don't plan to get a modern kei truck, which in the U.S. is largely impossible anyway.

I'm sure there must be others here with similar experiences, whether it's the Toyota Yaris, Mitsu Mirage, Nissan Versa, Chevy Spark, et. al. and I would like to hear about them.

If possible, I wonder about height, estimated weight at the time, and waistline size if you remember that.